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The Foundation Center is supported by 550 foundations, corporate donors, and grant-making public charities in the U.S. Call (501) 450-3451 to make an appointment to use our Foundation-dedicated computer and private office.

Grants.govallows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies.

SMARTS/GENIUS is an electronic matching and funding opportunity notification system. It provides information targeted to faculty members based on both their individual profiles and research interests. This information is automatically sent to the faculty member directly through e-mail on a daily to a weekly basis. Please call the Sponsored Programs office to create a username and login.

SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) is a searchable database of funding opportunities for "Research and development, international projects, collaborative projects, fellowships, academic programs, exchange programs, travel, endowments, equipment, outreach and service delivery projects, and the list goes on..." SPIN is an opportunity to perform an unlimited number of custom searches in minutes over the Web from the convenience of your own office. Please call the Sponsored Programs office to create a username and password.